Monday, 29 July 2019

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scared   behaviour   closer    attempted    attention   disappointed unfortunately  proud   picture   think  ignore   leisurely   alarmed 
cooing  whistle    attention    moving   hastily  frightening    alert 
obeserving  look  perching  perceived danger  fluttered  slightest
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He was sitting ------------ in his back garden. He saw ----------- a bird ---------- on a tree branch. Time to time, it gave a --------- look at him. It then pretended to --------- him. The bird's ------------- was interesting to him. To grab the bird's --------, he started to ---------. In reply, the bird made ------- sound but it did not -------- at him. He thought it would be a good idea to get a ------- look. He slowly -----to stand up from his seat. The ---------- movement he made ---------- the ---------- bird. He stopped ---------. He had to ----------- of an idea to look at the bird without ------------ it. He took his phone out and tried to take a ------------ of the bird. He could --------- the photo to see the bird closely. Giving himself a ----pat on the back in his mind, he pressed the button. ------------, the attentive bird ------------ the mild sound from the phone as -------. It ----------- its wings ------ and flew away. He was --------------.

Punctuation and Spelling

Add capital letters, commas, full stops and apostrophes where missing:

the building which was shaped as a spiral staircase stood tall in the middle of the bustling city it was aptly named gateway to heaven it had multi-colour windows that were glistening in the morning sun like gemstones in jewellery the buildings shadow covered the entire  city like an umbrella it had ninety stories  there was an observation deck on th eighty first floor there was visitors waiting eagerly in a mile long queue to buy tickets the lifts which took people up and down had glass walls this gave people fantastic views of the city as they climbed up the buiding the visitors centre in the observation deck offered an adventurous activity to abseil down the side wall of the building if youre brave give it a try itll be worthy experience

Spot the words with spelling mistakes and write the correct spelling

He carefuly walked along the narow path up the mountain. If he mised a step, he might fall into the deep valley below. He was plesantly suprised that he was brave enough to take this hike. As he asended up, he was extremly thrilled to see the scenerys on either side of the path. He started to become slightly nervos as he climbed futher up. However, he wanted to go climb up and not return back. He stoped for a rest and sat on a stone looking like a shot piller to relax for a wile. The whether was perfect: it was comfortabley sunny and slightly berezy. He opened his backpack and took out the snacks he had brought. He ate them unhurriedly, taking his time. After fourty minuts, he decided to start walking. With a bounce in his steps, he continued the rest of his journy on foot happily to reach the summit of the mountan.

Add commas, capital letters and full stops where needed:

1. the train which was scheduled to arrive at 15:30  was twenty minutes late

2. twenty minutes after the scheduled time of arrival the train reached montford city station

3. annoyed by the delay mr smith quickly disembarked the train

4. thinking he would be late for his appointment he tried to run fast as he could in the crowded platform knocking down luggages

5. looking at his not so responsible behaviour he was stopped by the station guard

6. having understood his irresponsibility he apologised

7. mr smiths appointment was at 16:00

8. as he was running short of time he decided to take a taxi to the appointment 

9. after hurrying down the escalator he hopped on a taxi

10. as it was raining heavily the roads were flooded and the traffic was moving very slowly

11 nervously he was sitting at the edge of the back seat

12. worrying about missing his appointment he checked with the taxi driver whether he will be able to reach the place on time

13. the taxi driver didnt give a positive response

14. disappointed he started to look through his phone

15. as he went through the list of his appointments he was surprised to find out that the appointment was actually the next day

Monday, 22 July 2019

Punctuation

Spot the missing capital letters, commas, full stops, question marks and apostrophes and correct them:

jake was a six year old boy he lived in small cottage by a creek his house was in a tranquil village its name was skipchill the village which was located by the foothills had many interesting features to surprise its visitors at the entrance of the village there was a fountain it was not an ordinary fountain but a talking one in the middle of the fountain there was a statue of a little girl every time a new vistor came through the entrance the girl welcomed them with a sweet voice the main road which was lined on both sides by lofty trees led to  a big meadow the meadow was surrounded by bushes shaped as different animals such as dogs rabbits and cats the animals surprisingly could run around the meadow and play with the visitors after cheerfully playing with the bush animals the visitors could rest under the huge umbrella shaped tree which dropped ice creams of everyones favourite flavour after tasting the delicious ice creams the visitors could relax in a pool filled with colourful floats the floats would take the visitors for a flight above the village jakes responsibility was to keep the village and its amazing attractions clean how amazing was the village also how amazing  jake was would you like to visit this amazing village